General Article Legalising homosexuality: Germany did it 25 years ago - what about other European countries?

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By Anne Fleischmann 

This week Germany celebrated legalising homosexuality twenty-five years ago.

Until June 11, 1994, it was still considered a crime in Germany even though since 1969 homosexuals were no longer prosecuted for ‘fornication’.

Eighteen years ago, it became legal for same-sex couple...

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